Automatic card holder exhibiting machine



Feb. 23, 1932. P. E.-M FARLAND' 1,846,649

AUTOMATIC CARD HOLDER EXHIBITING MACHINE Filed May 14, 1931 4 Sheets-Sheet l I Inventor .r 1

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Inventor '7 fifijll far an (Z M I QMM Patented Feb. 23, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PARLEY IE. MCFARLAND, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO JESSE L. WORTHAM, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS AUTOMATIC CARD HOLDER EXHIBITIN'G- MACHINE Application filed May 14,

chine of this nature which is simple in its construction, inexpensive to manufacture, compact and convenient in its arrangement of parts, thoroughly efiicient and reliable in use and operation, and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

l/Vith the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in the Z0 combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine embodying the features of my invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section therethrough.

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse section therethrough.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary horizontal section therethrough.

Figure 5 is a detail vertical section taken substantially on the line 5-5 of Figure 2,

and

Figure 6 is a detail vertical section through one of the card holders showing a card partially inserted therein.

Referring to the drawings in detail it will be seen that the letter C denotes a casing comprising a bottom 5 and walls 6 rising therefrom. The top of the casing is open. A plurality of spaced vertical bars 7 are secured to the side walls of the casing interiorly thereof to form guides for rectangular frames or card holders 8 so that the same may slide up and down. These frames 8 have their bottom and sides formed with grooves 9 and their top formed with a slot 10 so that a card 11 may be inserted through the slot 1931. Serial No. 537,396.

and the side and bottom edges thereof received in the grooves 8. The center f the top of each frame is notched as at 12 so that theupper edge of the card may be grasped by the fingers for removal from the frame when desired. A link 14 is pivotally connected as at 15 with the bottom edge'with each frame 8 and is pivotally connected as at 16 with the extremity of an arm 17. The arms 17 are rockable on a shaft 18 mounted in a pair of brackets 19 and are formed with noses or earns 20. A shaft 21 is rotatable in the brackets 19 below the shaft 18 and has a plurality of arms 22 fixed thereto and in the outer extremities of these arms 22 there are journalled rollers 23 to engage cams 20. As will be apparent from an inspection of Figure 2 these crank arms 22 are arranged at different angles to each other so that as the shaft 21 rotates the card holders are caused to rise above the casing in the dotted line position shown in Figure 2 one at a time in a progressive manner.

A ratchet wheel 25 is fixed on the shaft 51 and is engaged by a pawl 26 rockable on the outer end of an arm 27 rockable on the shaft 21. A link section 28 is pivotally engaged with the outer end of the arm 27 and has another section 29 pivotally engaged therewith. A rocker 30 is pivotally mounted as at 31 on a. bracket 32 and the section 29 is pivotally engaged therewith as at 33. The inter mediate portion of the rocker 30 is formed with a longitudinally extending slot 34 through which projects a pin 35 extending eccentrically from a disk 36. This disk 36 is operatively connected by suitable transmission 38 with an electric motor 39.

It is thought that the construction, operation, utility and advantages of this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this art without a more detailed description thereof.

The present embodiment of the invention has been described in considerable detail merely for the purposes of exemplification since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

It Will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new is:

A device of the class described comprising a casing having its top open, a plurality of vertically arranged bars on tWo opposed sides of the casing forming vertical guideways, frames arranged in the guideways, cards removably arranged in said frames, a shaft journaled in the casing and located adjacent one of the sides to which the guide bars are connected and located below the said bars, a plurality of arms pivoted to said shaft, a link connecting the outer end of each arm to the bottom part of its frame, a depending cam on each arm adjacent its pivotal point thereof, a second shaft journaled in the frame, a plurality of crank arms carried by the second shaft, a roller on the free end of each arm for engaging the cams and means for operating the second shaft step by step.

In testimony whereof I am): my signature.

PARLEY E. MQFARLAND. 

